ANTIPODES ISLAND PARAKEET

The 'Antipodes Island Parakeet' (''Cyanoramphus unicolor'') is endemic to the Antipodes Islands, one of two parrot species found on the islands. It is the largest species in the genus ''Cyanoramphus''. The parakeets eat leaves, buds, grass, and tussock stalks, as well as sometimes feeding on seeds, flowers, and will scavenge dead seabirds. The Antipodes Island Parakeet also preys on Grey-backed Storm-petrels. It will enter burrows to kill incubating adults, even dig at the entrance if it is too small.

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★ Greene, T. (1999) "Aspects of the ecology of Antipodes Island Parakeet ( ''Cyanoramphus unicolor'') and Reischek's Parakeet ( ''C. novaezelandiae hochstetten'') on Antipodes Island, October - November 1995" ''Notornis'' '46': 301-310 [1]

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★ ARKive - images and movies of the Antipodes island parakeet ''(Cyanoramphus unicolor)''